STRANGE BRITISH TRADITIONS BOG SNORKELING The world's premier Bog Snorkeling event is held in August each year in Powys, Wales. The first World Bog Snorkeling Championship held in 1985. Basically participants dive into a bog, wearing goggles, a pair of flippers and a snorkel, they then proceed to race each other along a 120ft trench filled with mud. Goggles Kaitseprillid. Participants Osalejad. Bog Raba/soo. Flippers Ujumislestad. Snorkel Hingamistoru. Trench - Kraav PANCAKE RACING Olney's famous race is run every Shrove Tuesday, featuring women who have lived in the town for more than 6
Wales is also a mountainous country. Its border to the east with England still roughly runs along Offa's Dyke, the giant earthwork constructed in the 8 th century. Wales has two major mountain systems: the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons in the south and the mountains of Snowdonia in the north-west. The longest river in the UK, the Severn (322 km), rises in central Wales and flows through England into the Bristol Channel. Wales also has many caves, the deepest of which is Ogof Flynnon Powys (308 m). Ireland is the second largest of the British Isles. The island has a spectacular landscape of high mountains, fine lakes and different kinds of beaches. Its two great rivers are the Liffey in the east and the Shannon in the west. Lough Neagh is the largest stretch of inland water in the British Isles. Ireland is noted for its pastures and the world's best dairy products. 6 4) British Institutions
George I sai troonile 1714. Hannoveride kaksikvõim. George I (1660-1727) viibis suurema aja Hannoveris. Tekib kaksikmonarhia. Victoria (1819-1901) – loobus Hannoveri troonist ja andis selle valitseda oma onule. Walesi allutamine Inglismaale: Situatsioon 13. saj alguseks. Sattus esimesena Londoni võim alla (13.sajandil). Püsivat võimu kehtestamist 13.sajandil aga ei olnud. Wales oli jagatud pisikesteks riigikesteks, vürstkondadeks (Powys, Gwynedd, Deheubarth), mis ka omavahel sõdisid. Llywelyn Suur (1200-1240).Gwyneddi valitseja. Tema ajal toimus Walesi alade koondumine Gwyneddi alla. Llywelyn Viimane (1246-1282). 2/3 Walesi oli allutatud Gwyneddile. 1267. a Montgomery leping. Tunnustati Inglismaa kuninga poolt Llywelyn Viimast Walesi printsina, aga vastutasuks pidi ta andma vasallivande Inglismaa kuningale. See tekitas Walesis arusaamatuse, kelle sõna siis loeb? Segaduse lahendas Edward I (1272-1307) - (sihikindlaim,
It was decided to follow Rome Irish clergy left Northumbria and returned to Ireland Turning-point: all the Eng kingdoms could not be united under one primate Offa´s Dyke An enourmous linear earthwork, continuous barrier betwwen England and Wales, from sea to sea th Constructed in 8 C by king Offa- ruler of Anglian kingdom of Mercia Dyke was to place boundary between his domain and Welsh kingdom of Powys 20 m wide, 8 m high A defensive work, nowadays border still folllows the remains of Offas dyke Redwald Sutton Hoo Redwald was a king ofEast Anglia, whose burial was opened in 1939 at Sutton Hoo of the East Anglian coast Redwald was buried in a ship under a mound, with his armour, weapons, treasures Ceremonial whetstsone can be scarcely anything than a sceptre Treasure is now in British museum Alfred the Great and the rise of
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